Searching For A Lost Parent: An Orphan's Emotional Journey

[@dianevetter4260]

Most of us adoptees never really know why we were given up. Instead of spending a lifetime thinking negative thoughts, we each need to be kinder to ourselves and feel blessed that most of us ended up in loving families. All of us do not get happy endings in our searches. Be happy with what you have and try to move on and be kinder to yourself. Good luck.

[@Mr.judele]

After many clips of birth family’s reunions, I gained a lot of respects to the NZ families and people who were so nice to adopt children and raised them to what they are now. I wish them all the best.

[@celestryalcelestryal6690]

I cried from start to finish. So happy they found each other - all of them. There is so much hate in this country and in this world these days it is important to be reminded what is most important in this life. Thank you to all involved for sharing.

[@kelsqi-books4835]

Aw i love that her sister can translate, makes it easier and more intimate than if they had to have an outside person do it 💗

[@angiesaunders5594]

I loved this for Simona. I am American and watched this last night and at the end I cried. She was so lucky to be adopted by such a good family that love her enough to share her with her bio family. Congratulations to both families who have whole hearts now.

[@evelynmahoney3569]

Crying my eyes out in the first story!! She's just embraced with her birth mom and half-sister. I had to hit pause. It's emotionally overwhelming in many ways; I can feel the depth of each person's individual angle and relate to so much of it from the circumstances of my own life. Much admiration for the birth mom for not denying the past and for stepping up to the plate. We may never know how difficult or awkward this may have been for her. What stands out to me more than anything else: The Adoptive Mom . . . This lady is A SAINT!!!

[@stephanieallangarman5598]

What an Incredible Family to rescue SAMONA. The Orphanage sounds SCARY. Thank GOD for the NZ family extending their love and sincere support to their adopted daughter. 🙏🏽🕊️

[@kaycee625]

Simona won every lottery in the world when she was adopted by that beautiful woman Frances. There is do much love and support for Simona.

[@AoifeNic_an_t-Saoir]

That Haka was so emotional 🥹 I’m so happy to see that Riki finally is feeling accepted ❤

[@susanmoore1350]

I loved this story as well. It gave me goosebumps seeing and hearing the Hakka and singing. Such a wonderful culture

[@feliciagaffney1998]

Would live to have seen the whole thing. The search was obviously meant to be. They were searching for each other at the same time. Universe was speaking to them both. I hope they have a long time to get to know each other. 💖

[@kathleenmartin7498]

I just discovered this series today, so glad I did!!!

[@ginapafitis1966]

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IS HER ADOPTED MUM ID NEVER LEAVE HER

[@LIBRAN-LOVE]

Lovely woman from the UK(70) Love her spirit❤

[@lilaschwarz1236]

Rickis reunion with her Maori dad and sisters moved me very much. It was such a good thing to see that it was not only personal btween them 5, but a whole tribe welcomed her home. Europeans used to have that. It makes me sad that most Europeans have forgotten how to connect with their own kin and honor their heritage and ancestry. It's such a great factor for feeling whole.

[@ordiekelleher2641]

Blessings Simona! Just feel how glad your adopted family! Hugs. 😊😊

[@ruqiyaxasan3196]

The daughter is not sensitive to the mother who raised her. The mother who raised her and her sister are very great people

[@kaycee625]

True

[@marietjiemattig3685]

Yes true, she appreciate non.

[@Kitty76]

Ricki episode the Maori family,omg i shed tears absolutley beatufil seeing the ceromny etc .for it to touch this english lady with no connection was beautiful ! i really hope they aLL stayed together,i was brought up in care and the whole you have in your heart is immense x

[@BosisofSweden]

The way Luke looks at Mel and says "Who wouldn't want to meet you?" .... May you be happy for an eternity.

[@meripederson8379]

I'm so glad Simone got to meet her biological family ❤

[@demijour1234]

I love this show, it is so heartwarming, I just wanted to make a comment on just the wording he used @15:37, the birth mother did not abandon her, she gave her up for adoption. I have seen documentaries on Romanian Children and how after their plea for help to adopt the children in the orphanages, so many people came to adopt. I am just thinking on the birth mother and hearing abandon and hearing gave up for adoption, it rings differently.

[@blairariavanderkamp3405]

It's not much different imo.

[@mercyalabi4927]

Ricky reception is the best. It shows strength in the family value and rich culture. The world is in dare need of family now. Kindly help to promote family unity in which ever capacity you can.

[@LIBRAN-LOVE]

She really found her home❤ What an amazing people💕

[@KateTPie]

OMG, Riki what a welcome!

[@roskataqv]

I've seen a lot of videos and I want to say, Simona saying she wants her son to know who his family are like...she's his family, those people are nobody to them..

[@lyndadietrich8471]

While Simone.s story was tragic for her. I was more sad for her adopted mom and sister. Her hugs for her bio family were deep and warm and not quite the same for her adopted family.I hope she she lives a fulfilled and happy life with her son.

[@mariamantetodotorah373]

I feel the same, I cray because her adopted mom give her the best’s and maybe was just Simone emotions true the full process. I hope she never forgets who rescue her and provide love, home a family. I think nobody’s have a clue how painfully have to be for the adoptive parents I am not say there not be happy for the child must have to hurts

[@fedupwitumboth]

What a wonderful show!!

[@glallenclan]

I knew the Māori family would accept Ricky as she was and take great joy in introducing her to her Māori culture. Her mother’s family just used “too white “ as an excuse - they had already rejected her.

[@christinagiannaros9817]

That one was so emotional, so beautiful to see her embraced by her father and siblings and community.

[@kimb3736]

Simona probably felt that sense of abandonment all her life but she doesn't realize how incredibly lucky she was to be adopted from Romania!!! And taken to someplace like NZ or Australia is incredibly lucky someone was watching over her 🩷 Romania is very poor and has cold winters. Even if she was given up I bet her bio parents were wishing her a much better life than what was possible there.

[@maryd9331]

How wonderful for Simona and both families. I always wonder, though, why none of the people in these programs ever bring tissues or hankies. 😊

[@hiddenblessingsbyjudylynn7825]

I was kidnapped at 6 months old and found my bio family after 42 years

[@technoshaman001]

What an incredible story

[@ozgal6929]

That's truly horrible for you . I'm so sorry you went through this and hope you are not traumatised. I could not forgive the people who stole you away

[@cindiemoore2530]

I would love to hear the rest of your story ❤

[@joniwalters2694]

​@@cindiemoore2530 me2

[@VictoriaLynn59]

Amazing you found your bio family. Hopefully it was a wonderful experience for you. How did you find out that you were kidnapped?

[@adrianahalmi3337]

I am Romanian, living in Australia for 37 yrs… I have two beautiful wonderful children… I could never ever imagine someone to take my kids away… when I gave birth to them both after few days of labour the nursers in hospital wanted to take my babies away so I ,, can rest’’… that was one of the most precious moments for me… I just turn into a lion asking that my baby will stay next to me all the time!!!! To give my babies away…. OMG!!!!!! I would kill for my children!!!!!

[@Rosepetalscreations]

Then you are blessed for sure but please do not stand in such judgement of another. You have no idea what it was like in a different time and place so to put yourself in such superiority is extremely sad and righteous of you to say the least. Compassion is not something everyone is born with I suppose. Remember… There but for the grace of God go I.

[@X-Gen-001]

Very interesting and quite moving stories. I was adopted at about 4 - 5 weeks old. I'm 50 now. I've never met my birth parents. I did manage to get my birth mother's name a few years ago, but that's all I know. I'd like to know where I came from. And no one's getting any younger lol.

[@erickaepworth6257]

Find her. No matter the outcome, you deserve to have some answers.

[@X-Gen-001]

@@erickaepworth6257 Thanks.👍I will and maybe she deserves some answers too. I've got someone with me now who's good at finding family history, paper work etc. She'll help me.

[@Fayrwa06]

The Māori Welcome to another level wow.

[@SmetMan.Amsterdam]

I’ve been watching this for hours and this first family in this serie “Mel”. I can relate to them. Did touch me deep ✌🏼

[@seritamaclellan1991]

Her mom loved her enough to allow her to have a better life♥️♥️♥️

[@Suresh-u2w]

Hi my sister you're not alone we all with you,

[@2012Croatia]

YOUR REAL MOTHER IS THE ONE THAT ADOPTED AND RAISED YOU. DOT. YOU WAS THE LUCK ONE.

[@miriammuskal5402]

What a beautiful girl and now an adult woman

[@carolranes91]

It is so sad that people adopted feel this way that they were “given away”! I dated a guy who was adopted at birth and he had huge abandonment issues yet I know someone else who was adopted at birth and was incredibly confident and felt loved. I wonder often what I would have done if I had ever gotten pregnant at a young age or when I was older and single.I am sure I would have put the child up for adoption. I am not a parenting type. I was the youngest child in my family never around babies and i would rather have a puppy. I have no clue what to do with a child. Also I loved working before I retired. I did not like being at home. I know I would have been a very poor parent and I know there are many people out there who would love to have a child. So when I hear people who were adopted focus on the “being given away aspect” instead of “being special because someone really wanted a child so badly that they were willing to adopt” it saddens me. Some of us are just not great at being parents and I would never want my child to develop bad character traits from me but instead would want them to learn from someone who wanted to be a parent. Of course I imagine a lot of this emotion pain is chemical from being removed from the mother so young. It must affect the chemicals in the body of the child. It is so complex and my heart goes out to anyone who has a bad emotional reaction to this dilemma!

[@blairariavanderkamp3405]

They literally were given away so yes they're right to feel the way that they do

[@carolranes91]

@@blairariavanderkamp3405 I get the way they feel the way they do and I also suspect some of it is chemical from just the physical separation from family. What I wanted to say was I personally would have assumed if they gave me away. They had a pretty good reason to do it, I would not automatically assume that it was because they didn’t want me! I had a challenging upbringing because of what my my parents went through as children! But I never focused on the fact that they did what they did because they didn’t CARE FOR ME! And of course, once she found out that her mother did the best she could that just situation was absolutely not a winnable situation for her mother to be able to even survive! I just find it so sad personally that so many adopted children seem to focus on the fact that they were “given away “lean they were not war or loved! I find it amazing that these parents sacrificed their ability to take care of their children and keep them Because they knew they would be safer if they put them up for adoption that’s all I’m saying it’s just for people to feel that way it’s really a waste of energy because it’s not based on any truth whatsoever in most cases! Just like the guy that I dated was so focused on his separation anxiety that he actually created situations in the relationship where I wanted to abandon him I wanted to leave him because he made it impossible to even be near him when he created some of the actions that he did because of his separation anxiety! So he created a situation where I wanted to abandon him I wanted to leave him. I didn’t wanna be around him! So deeply at the subconscious level that he wasn’t even aware of what he was doing I recently recently found out a new technology coming in the form of what they call Med Beds that will help change their belief system about trauma! Right now they are using it on the children that they have rescued from the child trafficking underground tunnels so that they don’t have to spend their lives re-creating trauma! So maybe that will be a solution for future generations

[@MarilynAllison-on2wi]

Simona should talk to a girl her age from the orphanage and compare their lives. Maybe she will see how lucky she is. Your real mom is the one that gave up her life, to raise you

[@luzvimindabarazona8190]

watching from Philippines

[@phanhhoban5696]

Holy smokes this story made me cry 😭😭

[@susanne1756]

Many of us were born and then given away or abandoned because We were God's chosen angels to bring joy and to answer the prayers of people wanting a child to love 🧚 ❤ I choose to believe this so that the pain in my heart of being rejected isn't as great 🙏

[@blairariavanderkamp3405]

That's a beautiful way to see things but I am so very sorry for everything you've been through

[@indigobunting2431]

Music (loud, disruptive) detracts from the somber story.

[@s.kertanguy8433]

C'est malin, mon écran est tout mouillé, comme s'il avait plu dans la maison, longue et heureuse vie à tous les protagonistes de cet épisode.

[@12358hi]

Gratefulness grief and unknowns can all coexist.

[@evelynmahoney3569]

In the second story, we definitely know where the young got her "rebel" traits. Very cool!! No idea what her mom is like, but she now has a flesh & blood relative that she no doubt is going to enjoy having a lot in common with.

[@bernicecox5208]

I wish we could hear what they are saying over the music .

[@indigobunting2431]

Romanian poverty caused so many orphans, left in terrible conitions. These poor parents were desperate.

[@cbj-mv1ss]

Wow Simona looks just like her bio mom.

[@margaretheschmidt7062]

Still, very ungratefull. If she would have grown up in Rumania that time then, she might not even be alive today. And very inpolite toward the family that lovinly raised her

[@JaneLowe-c9k]

What a terrible thingto do to get people to Romania then tell them their mother doesn’t want to meet them!

[@tractorfeed7602]

The story with Alan and Brenda, I hope David found the right people. Brenda doesn't know anything about fighting with her husband, Alan was dead sure she was in Sussex.

[@tinainfanti]

Simona needs to watch the films from the time she was adopted, it was not so romantic then. There would not have been swings in the park. She should thank God she was adopted out.

[@erickaepworth6257]

Don't EVER tell an adoptee or anyone how they should feel.

[@12358hi]

Maybe she does And that can live alongside grief and the anger that comes with it

[@brendasnow8255]

Romanian orphanages were notoriously awful. Bare mattresses, children left unattended in cribs, not held.

[@bookbug4life]

I have watched a couple of these shows. Something that I have noticed is that these countries don't appear to have dentists, oral surgeons, orthodontists, etc. -- even the NZ citizens, who I assumed had adequate health care. I'm seeing so many of the adults that still have baby teeth (microdontia) that have not been fixed & crooked teeth in almost everyone! The stories are heartwarming & I hope each family does well with their adopted & family of origins. God bless.

[@whoasked9938]

How sad that that was your only take away. I wish you a poverty filled next life so you can understand

[@nicolad8822]

A bit like Alabama then?

[@rettalilliendahl7861]

Why would you have the family come before you saw the mother and had permission to see her?

[@karinverlinden7016]

The stories are brought clean and without too much extra drama. The only that I didn't like is the music choice 😊. Being a metalfan myself, but not suited (to me) for this emotional items. The talks and images speak for themselves

[@janetdiaz8916]

I don't know why the children of New Zealand rejected her. She looks like she could be from the Moari tribe. But I suppose there is a prejudice against the first nations, just like there is all over the world.

[@DWC1238]

Ted looks so much like his dad

[@lindastamper3822]

Mel looks like her dad wow

[@aliciazion5534]

So the last mother has no reasons why she abandoned his son for all the years

[@libbythompson7529]

I have a different experience. I am proud to be free in NZ of course l regret the trauma my biological family suffered but NZ is for me

[@Ross-l1r1d]

I do not understand people who say a person should feel gratefull they were adopted because really that is only the second best option the first would be obviuously be staying with your birth parents

[@traceonthecase]

Maybe you weren't giving away maybe you were given to somebody out of love so that you could have a better existence.

[@lauraleecreations3217]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chukwuemekaigboanugo8409]

Simona's biological mum, lost a soul the day she gave her up for adoption.

[@DeborahHolcomb-n7h]

Because they loved you.

[@marietjiemattig3685]

Simona must stay in Romania, she doesnt deserve her adopted family. Very rude to the people that actually saved her from very bad upbringing.

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

Praise God that he hears the payers of moms.

[@lindastamper3822]

She looks like her mom

[@SuperNoahsmom]

Why on earth would someone not in the us have a giant confederate flag in their garage👀

[@nicolad8822]

Some have a weird fixation for the south without really understanding anything about it or knowing the history. It’s the bikes and cars good ole boy thing. They think they’re in the Dukes of Hazzard. Someone also pointed out what might be a KKK flag blurred out. He’s an ignorant moron.

[@Noname-cn4ly]

If people only knew…….seriously knew…..the damage they do to their children! 😞 It’s amazing we need a license to drive, fish, etc…..but people just have kids, sometimes many, and don’t care for them…….😞😞😞

[@PMaillet]

The terrible background noise was so annoying that I had to stop.

[@MarilynAllison-on2wi]

i was not adopted, but i remeber wishing my REAL parents would come snd take me away from my mean brother that picked on me all the time and raped me.

[@MeMe-cd1wy]

Seems that there is a lot of prejudice in New Zealand, Australia and England. Children seem to be bullied..

[@nicolad8822]

Sweeping generalisation. There is no bullying where you are from then? Where is this haven?

[@cindiemoore2530]

Symonia’s journey was so much more than the miles traveled.

[@vaulimere]

Not sure I can keep watching these. For some reason my face keeps leaking.

[@rosykatzCATS]

Better than staying with parents who abuse you more 5han any horror movie!

[@adrianahalmi3337]

Uite ce capodopera….!!!! Citi copii a mai facut ????

[@marietjiemattig3685]

Why is Melissas dog in a cave

[@charlottejones8903]

The first girl needs to do something with her hair.

[@rooroob]

Oopsy! Dad in 2nd story has a KKK flag that got blurred out but the confederate flag wasn’t blurred out. Interesting! 😮

[@melq9437]

There was a large Australian flag on his garage wall. I didn't see the others.

[@anadasilva7543]

You are so ungrateful

[@aussiegypsy62]

I’m so glad Simona found and met her birth mother , and with the support her birth mother and sister, she has found her family . I cried so much!! But happy tears! 🥲 and the last story is just so beautiful, I was 28 when I found my birth father and it was such a beautiful meeting . Good luck to everyone who are looking for their family’s.

[@ordiekelleher2641]

Blessings Simona! Just feel how glad your adopted family! Hugs. 😊😊